“DEREK LAZZARO:
”I strongly oppose state housing mandates that take away local control, particularly in cities such as PVE which house irreplaceable public parklands and other unique natural resources.

For 8 years on the PVE Planning Commission, I have worked countless hours to maintain local control and minimize the impact of these state mandates.

State laws are state laws – and as a city, we must comply with the law. However, as an attorney myself I support finding every possible loophole and nuance in the law to minimize the impact on PVE. I want our city attorney to advocate vigorously in support of our city’s goals.

I also support coordination with our Homes Association to ensure that we use our CC&Rs to the maximum extent to protect PVE’s residential character and open space. PVE is special as we are one of a handful of cities (Rolling Hills, Hidden Hills, PVE) that have a city-wide Homes Association! This has helped to protect our city and will continue to protect our city.””

“DESIREE ‘“DEZ” MYERS:
”1. 62% of Californians polled oppose state forced density for many reasons including: safety, environmental destruction and increased costs to existing residents in CA who are already struggling. It does not make sense to force density in locations already built out, or with safety issues, while other cities seek the additional housing.
2. ACTIONS:
• If Charter cities win court cases, we should consider a ballot initiative to become a charter city.
• The Housing Element requires the City rezone for density and low-income housing. We should have completed this rezoning MONTHS ago, but rezoning is not an in-house skill and it was not bid out in a timely manner. PVE will remain subject to Builder’s Remedy until next year, which was avoidable. We need to focus on residents’ priorities.
• Residents need to be informed.
• The CA State School Superintendent, Thurmond, as of July 2024, has made density housing for anyone in need his priority to build 2.3 million new housing units on school sites. This is a safety issue for our children.
• CA’s next (7th) Housing Element cycle will require cities rezone for far more density. If cities are required to fund this development, many, like PVE, will not have the money.
• Objective standards are needed with safety requirements so that density projects mitigate the risks they introduce. I recommended this to the City
• PV is in high fire, slide, earthquake and flood zones with limited ingress and egress. All PV cities should work together on safety standards. “”

“CRAIG QUINN:
”My view is that a one size fits all approach by Sacramento is a flowed approach given the unique nature of the City of Palos Verdes. I support new construction and remodeling of homes in our community, subject to our current neighborhood compatibility standards. In short, I do not support high density projects in PVE.

I do believe ADU’s have a role to play as they tend to be on larger lots and out of sight of most residents.

Without draining critical financial resources, we should coordinate efforts with other Cities to push back against The Housing Element mandates, especially since there is no pathway toward ‘affordable’ housing given the cost of land and construction. Finally, PVE has considerable ingress and egress issues crating safety issues for residents on normal days, let alone a significant fire.

In the near term, we need to comply with Housing Element plans to avoid a Builder Remedy here in PVE.””